People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 276 Expansion of the First Division of Glory

Kenanpo in Jicheng is a loess hilltop, originally there were only a few families, and their natal family was Nancunpo.

It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with high mountains and deep valleys, and traffic is blocked.

Yan Laoxi also went through repeated selections, and finally established the Commander's Department here.

Because he is more trustworthy, the pronunciation of Nancun in Jin Province dialect is completely difficult to survive. He felt that it was unlucky, so he personally changed the name to Kenan City.

But the usual name here is Kenanpo.

After Yan Laoxi came here, he specially dispatched engineering troops to build it.

At this time, this tiny place has become a small city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Currently called Xiaotaiyuan, it is the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the second war zone of Jin Province, and the main economic and cultural center of Jin Province.

Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei, and Fang Ligong only came to the periphery by car, and the cars inside could not drive.

However, Zhang Fengji, the head of the guard, specially prepared horses, and they continued to set off on horseback.

Although it was night and the surroundings were pitch black, Chen Ziyun could still feel a large number of guards deployed around.

These guards controlled the high point and tightly protected Kenanpo.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning when they arrived inside Kenanpo.

It is now January and the weather is still very cold.

Chen Ziyun and others thought that Yan Laoxi would meet them after dawn, but Zhang Fengji directly asked them to make preparations.

"Brigade Commander Chu, Commander Chen, and Chief of Staff Fang."

"Officer Yan hasn't rested yet, and is waiting for you."

"You guys tidy up here, after a while Secretary Xu will personally take you to see Chief Yan."

"When I meet Chief Yan, I speak Jin provincial dialect, which makes me appear more cordial."

Zhang Fengji reminded him and left directly.

Of course, he will not suddenly have good intentions, but Fang Ligong sent money, so he has such a reminder.

Chu Yunfei began to straighten his military uniform with a calm expression on his face.

Chen Ziyun looked around and saw that there were stacked cave dwellings everywhere.

After waiting for about a few minutes, a man in a Chinese tunic suit came over.

With a smile on his face, he warmly greeted Chen Ziyun and the others for a while.

Then he led Chen Ziyun and his party directly to a courtyard where Yan Laoxi lived.

There are seven caves in this small courtyard. Secretary Xu led Chen Ziyun and his party directly towards the middle cave.

The white-papered cave dwelling is very quiet, with a faint light inside.

When they came to the cave, the guards stopped them directly, ready to shoot.

"No need, let Brigadier Chu and the others come in." An old voice came from inside.

Although Chu Yunfei heard the voice inside, he still took the initiative to hand over the gun.

Chen Ziyun and Fang Ligong also took out their pistols and handed them to the guards around them.

A group of people came to the inside of the cave. There was a pit inside, and a row of benches was placed opposite the pit.

Yan Laoxi sat cross-legged beside the kang, and there was a small table on the kang.

On the small table are crystal flat mirrors, reading glasses, magnifying glasses, and various fountain pens, ink cartridges, papers, and there are many things, all arranged in an orderly manner.

The kang is covered with goose down bedding and goose down pillows!

"Mr. Yan!" Chen Ziyun and the others immediately saluted and stood in front of Yan Laoxi in an orderly manner.

Yan Laoxi smiled and nodded towards them, picked up the reading glasses on the table, put them on, and looked at them carefully.

"Good, good, good."

"You are all the glory of my three Jins!"

"I know the results you have achieved, and I have always wanted to meet you."

"It's just that you are fighting on the front line and cannot leave easily."

"As for me here, there are big and small things that need to be dealt with, and I have never had time."

"It's all right now, I'll transfer you to Pucheng, we can meet anytime."

"Hehehe, when you get old, you talk a lot. Don't stand still, sit down quickly."

Yan Laoxi continued to speak, and at the same time motioned Chen Ziyun and others to sit down.

Chen Ziyun and the others looked at each other, they were going to sit on the bench opposite the kang.

But Yan Laoxi waved his hand, signaling them to sit directly on the kang.

Secretary Xu on the side was a little surprised. After all, even Yan Laoxi's confidants did not receive such treatment.

Chen Ziyun looked at Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong. They were still standing there, so naturally he didn't take his seat either.

Yan Laoxi watched Chen Ziyun and his party standing still, and was about to get up as he spoke.

"Sit down as soon as you sit down, you don't have any worries."

"Brigade Commander Chu, Commander Chen, Chief of Staff Fang, and Officer Yan asked you to take your seats, you should take your seats."

Secretary Xu on the side also said, this time, Chen Ziyun and the others sat on the pit.

Don't look like it's winter, but the room is warm inside.

Especially sitting on the soft goose feather quilt, this Yan Laoxi really enjoys it.

Secretary Xu began to pour tea for Chen Ziyun and the others, and then walked outside.

Yan Laoxi, who was wearing reading glasses, took out the files of Chen Ziyun and others, and examined them carefully.

The room was quiet, there was no sound at all.

Five or six minutes later, Yan Laoxi, who had checked the file, raised his head.

Still with a smile on his face, he started talking directly to Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun, and Fang Ligong.

He asked at first about the combat situation, and then asked about the supply of weapons to the troops.

Later, Yan Laoxi asked about marriage and other issues, and Chen Ziyun and others responded directly.

They talked for hours until dawn.

Although Yan Laoxi is not young, he is very energetic.

On the other hand, Chen Ziyun didn't rest well one after another, and looked a little tired.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Yan Laoxi specially left Chen Ziyun for breakfast.

After breakfast, Yan Laoxi asked Secretary Xu to take them to rest.

In the next few days, Chen Ziyun followed Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong in Kenanpo.

In the first two or three days, Yan Laoxi would still meet with them frequently.

Later, he just arranged for Secretary Xu to take Chen Ziyun and others to visit different areas of Kenanpo.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon on January 31, Yan Laoxi summoned Chen Ziyun and his party again.

After Chen Ziyun and others came to Yan Laoxi's place, he directly asked Secretary Xu to read the order from the Minister's Department.

The Minister's Department asked for the number of a division with the accompanying capital a long time ago!
After repeated thinking by Yan Laoxi, he decided to expand the Glory First Division on the basis of the independent 48th Brigade.

The Glory First Division was formed by the independent 48th Brigade and the First Guerrilla Column.

Yan Laoxi did not make any plans for the appointment of relevant officers and the detailed establishment of the troops.

He gave Chu Yunfei the right to appoint himself. As long as Chu Yunfei recommends it, Yan Laoxi will directly approve it.

Of course, the main officers of the Glory First Division must have been appointed by the Chief's Department.

The division commander Chu Yunfei, the infantry commander Chen Ziyun, the deputy division commander Hao Shiwen, and the chief of staff Fang Ligong.

The four main core officers are directly finalized by the Chief's Department here.

Moreover, Yan Laoxi personally sorted them, and Chen Ziyun's position was second only to Chu Yunfei.

Hao Shiwen, the commander of the first guerrilla column, served as the deputy division commander this time.

Obviously, Yan Laoxi planned to install his own people through joint compilation, so as to completely build this army into a real Jinsui Army army.

Of course, this time Chen Ziyun and his party came to Kenanpo, and they obviously passed Yan Laoxi's test.

Otherwise, they will definitely be completely excluded, and Yan Laoxi will not give them a plan to continue to lead the army.

"The glory of the Jinsui Army is for you to carry forward."

"I also believe that you will become the glory of the elders of the three Jin Dynasty."

"After going back, take a good rest and train the troops. I hope that the First Division of Glory will become the most elite unit of the Jinsui Army."

"For the lack of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, I will personally approve the slips for you, and you will receive them in full."

"If you have any questions, you can also contact me at any time, and I will solve it for you personally."

Yan Laoxi showed a smile on his face, and said directly.

"Yes, Chief Yan."

Chen Ziyun and others immediately saluted and replied.

After explaining the matter, Yan Laoxi specially invited them to dinner.

Until after eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Ziyun and his party were led by Zhang Fengji again, and left Kenanpo directly.

And when they returned to Pucheng, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon on February [-]nd.

After returning to Pucheng, Chu Yunfei contacted Hao Shiwen immediately and invited him over.

As for Hao Shiwen, he had already received an expansion order.

He also knew that Chu Yunfei and the others were celebrities in front of Yan Laoxi, so he didn't dare to neglect, and came to Pucheng County immediately!

A group of people met and exchanged greetings, and then they began to discuss the specific establishment of the Glory First Division.

The Glory First Division has two brigades under its jurisdiction, the designation is the independent 48th brigade and the reserve 11th brigade.

The Ministry of the Minister requires that each brigade has two regiments, that is, four infantry regiments.

At the same time, the artillery unit is to be integrated to form an artillery regiment.

Soon, the five regiment-level units were finalized.

The independent 48th Brigade has 358 regiments and 11 reserve regiments.

Reserve 11 brigade, under the jurisdiction of reserve 12 regiments, reserve 13 regiments.

The division is directly under the artillery regiment!
The numbers of the five regiments were finalized, and everyone began to discuss who would be the heads of each regiment and the deputy brigade commanders of the two brigades.

The brigade commander of the independent 48th brigade was concurrently served by Chu Yunfei; the brigade commander of the reserve I1 brigade was only concurrently served by Hao Shiwen.

As for the deputy brigade commander and the head of the regiment, they were the focus of their discussions.

The 13th Preparatory Regiment was formed from the first guerrilla column, and its leader must have been recommended by Hao Shiwen.

The heads of the other three regiments were recommended by Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun and others.

Of course, this is not an easy task. There are still many considerations to be made on who to recommend as the team leader.

Not only must be capable, but also have a certain degree of loyalty.

Instead, the commander of the artillery regiment directly under the division headquarters was quickly drawn up. Chen Ziyun, the commander of the infantry, also served as the commander of the artillery regiment.

The artillery regiment has a field artillery battalion and a mountain artillery battalion under its jurisdiction. At the same time, Liang Guoping was transferred to the artillery regiment again as a lieutenant colonel.

Zhou Wenbo, commander of the Field Artillery Battalion, has six [-]-type field artillery and six Liao-made field artillery.

Li Yang, the battalion commander of the Mountain Cannon Battalion, has six Bofors Mountain Cannons and six Type [-] Mountain Cannons under his jurisdiction.

It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that the positions of the other deputy brigade commanders and regimental commanders were decided.

Qian Bojun served as the deputy brigade commander of the 11th reserve brigade; Li Chongtao served as the deputy brigade commander of the independent 48th brigade.

Wu Ziqiang served as the acting head of the 358 regiment, and Shi Yuframe served as the head of the 11th reserve regiment.

Zhang Fugui served as the acting head of the 12th Preparatory Regiment, and Xu Yuan served as the head of the 13th Preparatory Regiment.

Among them, Li Chongtao and Xu Yuan were both from the first guerrilla column.

Li Chongtao was the deputy commander of the first guerrilla column and concurrently served as the detachment leader of the first detachment.

He is a graduate of the Baocheng Military Academy and has also attended the general officer class of the Army University.

It's just because he is not from Jin Province, so he has never been reused.

His classmates at the same time were at least division commanders at this time, but he is only the deputy brigade commander now.

And he, the deputy brigade commander, is completely a balancing act.

After these officers were finalized, everyone began to discuss the troops directly under the division and the troops directly under the brigade.

The cavalry battalion and artillery battalion originally belonging to the 358th regiment have been drawn out.

Zhangwu Cavalry Battalion, Sun Ming Guard Communication Battalion, Sun Yu Machine Gun Battalion, and Supplies Battalion are naturally under the direct control of the division headquarters.

The reconnaissance platoon of the 358th regiment was also drawn out by Chen Ziyun and transferred to the artillery regiment.

"Each squad is equipped with one light machine gun, one submachine gun, and nine rifles."

"Each platoon has three squads, a grenadier squad (three grenadiers) or a mortar squad (two 60MM mortars)."

"Each company has three infantry platoons, each battalion has three infantry companies and one machine gun company."

"The machine gun company is equipped with four heavy machine guns and two infantry guns. There are more than [-] people in the battalion!"

"Each regiment is directly under the mortar company, equipped with six 81MM and six 82MM mortars."

"The 358th regiment, the 13th regiment is prepared to adopt a strengthened regiment organization, each regiment has four infantry battalions, and the whole regiment has 3000 and [-] people."

"Preparation I1 regiment, reserve 12 regiments, three infantry battalions in each regiment, 400 people in the whole regiment."

"Each brigade is directly under a mountain artillery company, equipped with six Jin-made Type 13 mountain artillery and six Japanese Type [-] mountain artillery!"

By six o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Ziyun drew up the detailed establishment of each department.

According to this establishment, the strength of each brigade will be around 700 people.

The whole brigade will have six mountain artillery pieces, twelve mortar artillery pieces, and fourteen infantry artillery pieces!

With such a firepower configuration, as long as they are strengthened by the artillery regiment, they can easily eat the little devils, an independent mixed brigade, or an elite field wing.

In addition, Sun Xiong and Zhu Mingxuan served as the company commanders of the two brigades directly under the mountain artillery company.

These are all Chen Ziyun's old subordinates. They are the company commanders of the Shanpao Company, and they have completely surrendered their posts.

But they can also assist the brigade headquarters in commanding the artillery units of the regiments when they come to serve as the company commanders of the mountain artillery companies of the brigades.

Chen Ziyun personally recommended them to take up such positions, so he naturally wanted to continue to control the artillery force.

At the same time, Lin Zhiqiang, chief of staff of the independent 48th brigade, was promoted to chief of staff of the brigade.

Chu Yu, the former battalion commander of the 11th Infantry Battalion, was promoted to the acting lieutenant colonel chief of staff of the [-]th Reserve Brigade.

By nine o'clock in the evening, the relevant establishment was reported.

The Glory First Division has two brigades and four infantry regiments.

There is an artillery regiment and other units directly under the division, with a total strength of 4000 people in the division!

At present, many units of the Jinsui Army have two divisions under their jurisdiction, but there are only 7000 people.

For example, troops such as the Sichuan Army have a maximum of 5000 people in an army.

The 4000 troops of the First Glory Division can be described as a strong army.

Moreover, they are fully equipped as a whole, and each regiment has special supplies and other troops.

After receiving the telegram, the Minister's Department quickly called back and directly approved their establishment.

At the same time, Yan Laoxi personally issued an order, asking the relevant departments to fully replenish the Glory First Division.

As for the Glory First Division, it was natural that they should be placed directly under the direct command of the Chief's Department.

In the following time, the first division of Glory began to replenish.

This time they continued to fight, and they all had different casualties, and each department needed to be replenished.

However, the independent 48th brigade and the first guerrilla column still have a certain number of troops, so the average number of troops added to each department is not many.

As for weapons and equipment, it is somewhat difficult to supplement them, and they cannot be uniformly prepared.

Although Yan Laoxi has an arsenal, after all, today is different from the past.

Especially for an army of more than 1 people, it is difficult for Yan Laoxi to fully replenish the same type of weapons.

Therefore, in terms of weapons and equipment, the first division of Glory can be called a hodgepodge.

In terms of light machine guns, there are Jin-made Czech light machine guns (6.5MM) and imitation Czech light machine guns (7.92MM).

At the same time, the crooked light machine guns of the Japanese army and the imported Czech light machine guns equipped by the puppet army were also captured.

In terms of rifles, there are [-]-style rifles, medium-sized rifles, and Czech-style rifles.

What Chen Ziyun and others can do is to try to make the weapons of each regiment relatively uniform.

In this way, the supply troops can directly supply uniform weapons and ammunition to each regiment, so that each regiment does not have to have ammunition of different calibers.

358 regiments, 11 regiments are prepared, mainly using Jin-made and Japanese-style weapons.

The 12th regiment and the I3 regiment are prepared to use domestic and other weapons.

In the following time, after the Glory First Division was replenished, they began to devote themselves to active training.

That is, during this period of time, the little devil has never been idle.

The First Army has made major adjustments, and the former Major General Shigeharu Liuxia, head of the Third Brigade, was directly held accountable.

He assumed the responsibility for the complete annihilation of the field observation group, was removed from the position of brigade commander, and was directly incorporated into the reserve.

At the same time, in January, Tada Hayao, commander of the North China Front Army, summoned the commanders of the subordinate armies to attend a meeting.

Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the First Army, Shigetaro Amakasu, Commander of the Garrison in Mongolia, and Tsuchihashi, Commander of the 12th Army, all went to the Front Army Command.

At the end of January, the chiefs of staff of each army participated in the combat meeting organized by Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the North China Front Army.

By February [-], the North China Front Army Command began to issue orders.

The three armies under the North China Front Army, as well as the chiefs of staff above the division level in the directly subordinate units, went to the headquarters to attend the meeting before the [-]th.

Previously, the military commanders organized by Tada Hayao and Kasahara Yukio, and the military chiefs of staff meeting were roughly discussed.

The next chief of staff combat meeting will directly formulate the combat strategy of the North China Front Army in 41.

After the chief of staff of the division and the chief of staff of the army got the order, they began to hand over the work at hand.

Then they went to the headquarters of the North China Front Army one after another, preparing to participate in the combat meeting.

By eight o'clock in the morning on the [-]th, a large number of chiefs of staff began to gather here at the Front Army Command.

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